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Clashes rock Shahinshar in Esfahan province
SMCCDI (Information Service)
May 15, 2004

Violent clashes rocked, on Friday evening, the center of the industrial City of Shahinshar located in Esfahan province opposing hundreds of protesters to the Islamic regime forces.

Tens of protesters were arrested and other were injured, including several security agents, during these clashes in this city which seemed to have been pacified following the Soccer Movement riots few years ago. Public buildings, buses and several Patrol vehicles were damaged by the angry crowd who retaliated to the clubs, chains and Tear gas by using pieces of stones and Molotov Cocktails.

The security forces had to close the Ferdowsi area in order to avoid loosing the control of the city.

The clashes erupted as groups of young residents opposed the arrest of several women for not fully complying with the mandatory veil.

The situation in the city nearing the rebellious City of Esfahan is very tense and security measures have been increased especially around the industrial area which is one of Iran 's main centers.

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Thousands arrested in Iran
SMCCDI (Information Service)
May 28, 2004

Several thousands have been arrested, since March 21st the beginning of the current Iranian New Year, in the rebellious province of Isfahan and hundreds of others in Tehran . The official sources of the Islamic republic regime have announced such news by qualifying those arrested as "Drug Addicts, Drug Traffickers or Hooligans".

The official number of arrests for Isfahan has been announced as 4,700 and in Tehran of 500 individuals.

The Islamic regime has increased the existing persistent repression in an effort to avoid mass riots from taking place at the occasion of the first anniversary of June's nightly riots and the commemoration of the Student Uprising of July 9, 1999. In this line several demonstrators, who were protesting in front of the UN Office in the Iranian Capital, were beaten up and arrested, yesterday, by members of the Islamic regime's Intelligence. They were brought to an unknown destination under the silent eyes of the UN personnel. These arrested activists were intending to seek the UN help in order to free their fellow imprisoned or abducted comrades.

It's to note that the Islamic regime uses often false labels, such as, "Drug Trafficker", "Spy", "Rapist", "Hooligan" or "Bandit" in order to qualify its opponents. Such policy help the UN and the Mullahs' European and Japanese Collaborators to justify the continuation of their relations with a repressive and terrorist regime vis a vis their public opinions.